Emiliano's Mexican Restaurant & Bar (South Side)

2557 E Carson St, Pittsburgh
(412) 381-2229

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Street Tacos with Carnitas
Buffalo Chicken Tacos
California Burrito
Carne Asada Steak
Enchiladas Cancun
Fried Ice Cream
Choripollo Tacos
Chicken Fajitas
Arroz Con Pollo
Queso Fundido

Menu

Appetizers
Cheese Dip
A home-crafted melted seasoned blend of savory cheeses. Served in a small molcajete with chips.
Guacamole
Hand-made with avocados, jalapeños, tomatoes, cilantro, red onions, fresh lime juice and signature spices hand-crafted throughout the day. Served in a small molcajete with chips.
Quesadillas
An extra-large flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with shredded cheese and your choice of meat or favorite veggie. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, shredded cheese, and sour cream.
Empanadas
Homemade corn dough crispy and fried, stuffed with ground beef. Served with sour cream and cotija cheese
Nachos
A heaping pile of crisp homemade tortilla chips, topped with your choice of meat or beans. Smothered with our special homemade cheese sauce, pico de gallo, lettuce, sour cream, shredded cheese and garnished with pickled jalapeños
Queso Con Carne Dip
A combination of our special homemade cheese sauce and your choice of meat. Served with chips.
Dip Trio
Homemade cheese sauce, fresh guacamole and our signature pico de gallo. Served with chips
Queso Fundido
Made at your table with flavorful chorizo sausage blended with homemade cheese sauce and tomatillo sauce, garnished with red onion rings. Served on a sizzling skillet, with chips.
Cantina Fries
French fries covered with shredded cheese, chorizo, and scallions. Served in a large molcajete.
Holy Guacamole
Made fresh at your table with two whole avocados, jalapeños, tomatoes, cilantro, red onions, fresh lime juice and signature spices hand-crafted throughout the day. Served in a large molcajete and chips.
Shrimp Ceviche
Made fresh at your table with grilled shrimp, red onions, tomatoes, fresh lime juice and signature spices hand-crafted throughout the day, topped with avocado. Served in a large molcajete with chips.

Soups and Salad
Tortilla Soup
Tomato-based broth served over pulled chicken, diced avocados and topped with shredded cheese and tortilla strips.
Taco Salad Clasico
A crisp flour tortilla generously filled with iceberg lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, shredded cheese, refried beans or black beans and your choice of meat or beans, topped with our special homemade cheese sauce.
Chicken and Rice Soup
Chicken broth served over pulled chicken and rice, diced avocados and topped with pico de gallo, and cilantro.
Avocado Salad
Mixed greens with tomatoes, bell peppers and freshly sliced avocado. Tossed in a lime-cilantro dressing. Topped with shredded cheese and tortilla strips.
Grilled Taco Salad
A crisp flour tortilla generously filled with mixed greens, bell peppers, tomatoes, and choice of protein. Topped with sour cream, shredded cheese, and black beans.
Steak Ensalada
A grilled marinated sirloin steak on top of a bed of mixed greens with tomatoes and bell peppers. Sprinkled with bacon crumbles and shredded cheese.
Black Bean Soup
Fresh black beans in their own broth, perfectly seasoned with spices and topped with sour cream and shredded cheese.
Baja Chicken Salad
A grilled marinated chicken breast on top of a bed of mixed greens, with bell peppers, tomatoes and shredded cheese. Tossed in a strawberry-poppyseed dressing. Sprinkled with dried cranberries and tortilla strips.

Fajitas
Chicken or Steak Fajitas
Your choice of meat with grilled sautéed onions and bell peppers. Served on a sizzling skillet with tortillas, refried or black beans, rice, and a Mexican side salad.
Fajitas Texanas
A combination of grilled shrimp, chicken, and steak strips with sautéed onion, bell peppers. Served on a sizzling skillet with tortillas, refried or black beans, rice, and a Mexican side salad.
Fajitas Cancun
Marinated grilled shrimp with sautéed onion, bell peppers. Served on a sizzling skillet with tortillas, refried or black beans, rice, and a Mexican side salad.
Emiliano's Fajitas
Marinated chicken breast topped with slices of mozzarella cheese, savory bacon crumbles and scallions. Served on a sizzling skillet with tortillas, refried or black beans, rice, and a Mexican side salad.

Burritos
California Burrito
Rolled large tortilla stuffed with rice, black beans, sour cream, shredded cheese, and your choice of one meat. Served with french fries or house salad (lettuce, tomatoes, tortilla strips, and topped with lime-cilantro dressing).
Super Burrito
Extra-large flour tortilla filled with refried beans, sautéed onions, bell peppers and your choice of meat, topped with burrito sauce and shredded cheese. Served with rice and Mexican side salad.
Pastor Burrito
A rolled flour tortilla stuffed with marinated pastor pork, grilled pineapple, rice, black beans, and shredded cheese. Served with rice, pastor broth and house salad. ( Lettuce, tomatoes, tortilla strips, and topped with lime-cilantro dressing).
BBQ Burrito
Rolled large tortilla stuffed with rice, black beans, shredded cheese, and BBQ pulled pork. Served with french fries or house salad (lettuce, tomatoes, tortilla strips, and topped with lime-cilantro dressing).
Burrito Cancun
Extra-large flour tortilla filled with refried beans, sautéed onions, bell peppers and grilled shrimp, topped with our homemade cheese sauce. Served with rice and Mexican side salad

Enchiladas and Chimichangas
Enchilada Supreme
Four rolled corn tortillas stuffed with your choice of fillings and topped with red enchilada sauce (multi-pepper, gravy-like) and sour cream. Served with rice, and Mexican side salad.
Chimichanga
Rolled fried flour tortilla, filled with your choice of ground beef or pulled chicken. Topped with our homemade cheese sauce. Served with rice and Mexican side salad.
Enchiladas Suizas
Four rolled corn tortillas stuffed with pulled chicken and topped with green tomatillo sauce, our special homemade cheese sauce, sour cream, and cotija cheese. Served with rice, and Mexican side salad.
Old School Chimichanga
Rolled and fried flour tortilla, filled with ground beef, black beans and rice. Topped with our homemade cheese sauce. Served with rice and Mexican side salad.
Enchiladas Cancun
Four rolled corn tortillas filled with sautéed onion, bell peppers and grilled shrimp, topped with our special homemade cheese sauce, red enchilada sauce (multi-pepper, gravy-like), sour cream and cotija cheese. Served with rice, and Mexican side salad.
Cancun Chimichanga
Rolled and fried flour tortilla, filled with sautéed onion, bell peppers and shrimp. Topped with our homemade cheese sauce. Served with rice and Mexican side salad.

House Specials
Carne Asada
Tender thin steak specially seasoned. Served with scallions, grilled jalapeño, rice, refried beans, tortillas and Mexican side salad.
Jalisco Special
On a sizzling skillet over a bed of rice a grilled marinated chicken breast and a grilled marinated Certified Angus Beef sirloin steak, topped with mushrooms, our special homemade cheese sauce. Served with refried beans, tortillas and a Mexican side salad.
Fajita Quesadilla
A large flour tortilla, grilled and stuffed with shredded cheese, sautéed onions, bell peppers and your choice of meat. Served with rice and a Mexican side salad.
Carnitas
Tender cuts of pork marinated in a special recipe, lightly fried and topped with mild ranchero sauce or tangy green tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, choice of beans, a Mexican side salad, and tortillas.
Favorito
A bed of our prestigious rice, topped with marinated shrimp and chicken strips, sautéed onions, bell peppers, topped with our special homemade cheese sauce, mild ranchero sauce, and sour cream.
Chicken Flautas
Four rolled, fried corn tortillas filled with pulled chicken. Topped with sour cream and cotija cheese. Served with rice and Mexican side salad.
Molcajete Cabo
Marinated grilled shrimp grilled with sautéed onions and bell peppers, topped with pineapple, mild ranchero sauce, shredded cheese, and scallions. Served with rice, refried beans, tortillas, and a Mexican side salad.

Chicken From The Grill
Arroz Con Pollo
A bed of our prestigious rice topped with marinated chicken strips and sautéed onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, our special homemade cheese sauce and sour cream.
Choripollo
Marinated chicken breast topped with chorizo sausage and our special homemade cheese sauce. Served with rice, refried beans, tortillas and Mexican side salad.
Pollo Mexicano
Marinated grilled chicken strips topped with Mexican sauce (medium-hot chipotle pepper sauce). Served with rice, refried beans, tortillas and Mexican side salad.

Shrimp From The Grill
Arroz Con Camarones
A bed of our prestigious rice topped with marinated shrimp and sautéed onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, homemade cheese sauce, and sour cream.
Camarones A La Mexicana
Marinated grilled shrimp topped with mexican sauce (medium-hot chipotle pepper sauce). Served with rice, refried beans, tortillas and Mexican side salad.

Steak From The Grill
Matador Steak
On a sizzling skillet over a bed of rice a juicy Certified Angus Beef sirloin steak with sautéed onion and mushrooms, topped with mild ranchero sauce. Served with refried beans, tortillas, and Mexican side salad.
Mar Y Tierra
On a sizzling skillet over a bed of rice, a juicy Certified Angus Beef sirloin steak grilled to perfection, topped with a skewer of juicy grilled shrimp and mild ranchero sauce or hot chipotle pepper sauce). Served with refried beans, tortillas, and Mexican side salad.

Taco Stand
Birria Tacos
Three corn tortillas filled with birria beef and shredded cheese. Served with rice, homemade hot sauce, and a cup of birria broth, and raw onions and cilantro.
Street Style Tacos
Three corn tortillas filled with a choice of meat topped with raw onions and cilantro. Served with rice, refried beans, homemade hot sauce, and green tomatillo sauce.
Steak Tacos
Three flour tortillas filled with grilled flank steak, topped with lettuce and shredded cheese. Served with rice, refried beans, homemade hot sauce, pico de gallo.
Shrimp Tacos
Three flour tortillas stuffed with marinated grilled shrimp, topped with signature slaw and ancho chipotle sauce. Served with rice and pico de gallo.
Buffalo Chicken Tacos
Three flour tortillas filled with fried chicken tenders tossed in buffalo sauce. Topped with lettuce, shredded cheese and ranch. Served with rice
Fish Tacos
Three flour tortillas filled with golden fried tilapia. Topped with signature slaw and ancho chipotle sauce. Served with rice and pico de gallo.
Pastor Tacos
Three corn tortillas filled with pastor pork and grilled pineapple, topped with raw onions and cilantro. Served with rice, beans and homemade hot sauce and pastor broth.
Choripollo Tacos
Three flour tortillas filled with grilled chicken and chorizo sausage. Topped with lettuce and shredded cheese. Served with rice and refried beans, homemade hot sauce, pico de gallo.

Create Your Own Combination
Combination Three
Three items and two sides.
Combination One
Two items and two sides.
Combination Two
Three items and one side.

Vegetarian
Veggie Quesadilla
A large flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with shredded cheese, grilled sautéed zucchini and squash strips, mushrooms, onions, and bell peppers. Served with rice and a Mexican side salad.
Veggie Burrito
A extra-large flour tortilla stuffed with grilled sautéed zucchini and squash strips, mushrooms, onions, and bell peppers. Topped with our special homemade cheese sauce. Served with rice and Mexican side salad.
Potato Flautas
Four rolled fried corn tortillas filled with seasoned mashed potatoes, topped with sour cream and cotija cheese. Served with rice and Mexican side salad.
Veggie Fajitas
Grilled sautéed zucchini and squash strips, mushrooms, onions, and bell peppers. Served on a sizzling skillet with tortillas, refried or black beans, rice and a Mexican side salad.
Sweet Potato Tacos
Three flour tortillas stuffed with sweet seasoned potatoes and corn salsa, topped with ancho chipotle sauce and radishes. Served with rice.
Veggie Tacos
Three flour tortillas stuffed with sautéed cauliflower and broccoli and corn salsa, topped with ancho chipotle sauce and radishes. Served with rice

Desserts
Churros
Fried dough sticks rolled in cinnamon and sugar. Served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Sopapillas
Crispy dough wedges smothered with honey, cinnamon, sugar, and strawberry syrup. Served with a scoop of ice cream and whipped cream
Flan
Sweet Mexican custard topped with a light caramel sauce.
Fried Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream in a crispy tortilla topped with whipped cream, honey, cinnamon, sugar and chocolate sauce.

Bowls
Texano Bowl
Chicken, Steak & Shrimp
Chicken Bowl
Homecooked rice, black beans, lettuce, pico de Bowl stuffed with chicken, rice, black beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, our special homemade cheese sauce and sour cream. Garnished with avocado slices. gallo, delicious cheese sauce and sour cream. Garnished with avocado slices.
Steak Bowl
Bowl stuffed with steak, rice, black beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, our special homemade cheese sauce and sour cream. Garnished with avocado slices.
Carnitas Bowl
Pork with your choice of tangy tomatillo or ranchero sauce.
Choripollo Bowl
Chicken, Chorizo
Shrimp Bowl
Bowl stuffed with shrimp, rice, black beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, our special homemade cheese sauce and sour cream. Garnished with avocado slices.

New Items
Wings
Crispy fried chicken wings, seasoned to perfection and tossed in your choice of Franks Red Hot Sauce, our signature BBQ sauce, or our homemade ancho birria sauce. Served with celery and ranch or blue cheese.
Enchilada Pizza
Fresh pizza crust topped with our signature red enchilada sauce, pulled chicken, onions, jalapeños, and cheese.
Shrimp and Spinach Pizza
Fresh pizza crust topped with our signature red enchilada sauce, shrimp, spinach, and cheese.
Bbq Carnitas Pizza
Fresh pizza crust topped with our delicious BBQ sauce, BBQ flavored carnitas, red onions, and cheese.

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Recent Reviews

I went to Emiliano's in Hampton with my family. The food was delicious and the service waa terrific too. I had a steak and shrimp dish that was outstanding and we also enjoyed some margaritas. We live on the other side of PA and always try to stop here when visiting family.
August 2025
Overall, the experience here was good. Food was quick and quite tasty. The service was fantastic and our waitress was very nice.
The reason this review is not a 5 star is because the food portions were a little bit small. I was still hungry after completing both my and my wife's meal. This could have just been the specific dishes we ordered, but we have ordered the same things in the past and they were bigger.

Besides the portion sizes being smaller,...
June 2025
I wanted to like this place, but the menu can really use some serious work. I'm not sure if the taste of everything was weird because all the ingredients were about to expire, or what? The tortilla soup is quite literally a clear broth with tortilla strips and a small amount of shredded cheese. I won't sugar-coat it, the soup sucked horribly. It was as if they ran out of the real tortilla soup and slapped the broth concoction together and hoped for the best. It has zero...
May 2025

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Emiliano's Mexican Restaurant & Bar (South Side)

2557 E Carson St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
(412) 381-2229